Finance committee  No, I have not.

Finance committee  You've raised a number of things. First of all, I have never worked for the petroleum producers as you said.

Finance committee  Yes, they paid me a $5,000 honorarium. It doesn't mean I did any work for them. All the research that I did was done long before I gave that talk. I'd just like to come back to the point that you made about foreign philanthropy. I'm all for foreign philanthropy; I worked with th

Finance committee  No. My work has not been funded by anyone. I felt this was an important matter of public interest. I tried to find someone who would fund it, and I failed. I couldn't find any—

Finance committee  It took me five years.

Finance committee  First, I don't see that these campaigns are exclusively charitable, which is what charities are supposed to be. I do see that they're protecting economic and trade interests. Second, in the tax returns I have reviewed for some charitable foundations, I have found surprisingly hi

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  My name is Vivian Krause. By way of background, I'm a director of a federally registered charity, and I worked with UNICEF for 10 years in Guatemala and Indonesia. In that capacity, I was trained in program management and also trained to watch for the misuse of charitable funds.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. For many years, many journalists have looked at foreign investment in industry. They've looked at one side of the issue: they've looked at foreign money going into industry. I've simply put the shoe on the other foot, where it hasn't been put, by looking at the foreig

Natural Resources committee  No.

Natural Resources committee  I've said a lot. I'm not sure what you're referring to specifically.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  I'll give you an example. Tides Canada--and the same applies with the Living Oceans Society--has equivalency status in the United States as a 501(c)(3) charity. Because they have charitable status, American foundations made grants to them, and as American charities, they report t

Natural Resources committee  I believe so.

Natural Resources committee  No.